The French's Vietnam Complex

Jaquan 2022-03-22 09:02:44

This French film was recommended by the French a long time ago. The film is nearly three hours long, and I can't stop watching it.

After returning from Vietnam, when I revisited this film again, I was still in awe.

The beautiful tropical scenery of Vietnam is warm and humid, the endless rubber plantations in the colony are illusory in the dense morning mist, the adopted Vietnamese princess and the French noblewoman who adopted her, the love of the adoptive mother and the adopted daughter has become the love of a man at the same time. Sadness, love is in front of politics, and individuals are too small to be vulnerable in front of national interests.

The once weak and distressed princess became the leader of Vietnam's independence revolution. The once glorious French adoptive mother returned to her hometown of France, and lived a peaceful and ordinary life with her adopted daughter and the son of her former lover.

Neither life nor feelings are fixed, meeting or leaving is just a matter of one thought. We think that the id or not the real id is just the person we want to be drawn by our ego.


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  • Guy: Give me Le Guen.

    L'Admiral: No.

    Guy: What will you do with him?

    L'Admiral: I'm awaiting orders from Paris.

    Guy: Let me question him. What he knows about the communist networks and leaders is of major interest to us.

    L'Admiral: Three points, Mr. Asselin. One: Le Guen doesn't talk. He hasn't spoken since his arrest. Not even to my chief of staff - his classmate. Two: If I hand him over to you, he might talk. But I'd rather not. We know your methods. Three: Le Guen is a sailor. His case will be tried by sailors. Any relevant information will be passed along to you.

    Guy: Thanks. Another example of Navy-Police cooperation. That's what makes empires great.

  • Mme. Minh Tam: You have to forget this man, Lili. I'll never understand French love stories. They're all about madness, fury, suffering... they're similar to our war stories. You know the secret. I've told you already.

    Eliane: Yes, I know. Indifference.